Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [modal v] take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If some is present ( bearing in mind it can take 72 hours for food to pass through the gut ) , then continue with sinking wheatgerm . |
| 2 | However , it has been suggested that on the present basis it would take 46 years to clear the backlog in housing disrepair … |
| 3 | If , as a result of its inquiries under s47 , it concludes that certain action should be taken to safeguard or promote a child 's welfare it must take that action so far as it is both within its power and reasonably practicable for it to do so ( s47(8) ) . |
| 4 | It has been alleged that at this rate it would take 300 years to examine all the programmes outlined in Table 15.1 above . |
| 5 | Professor Baldassare Conticello , the Soprintendente , estimates that at this rate it will take two generations before the whole of Pompeii is once more in a stable condition . |
| 6 | Thus if you set aside £25 per month it would take two years to accumulate the £600 minimum for the Gift Aid scheme . |
| 7 | Even with the best economic policy it will take two years from this point to go through the unavoidable stages of deflation and recession to reach the start of recovery . |
| 8 | Well no it 's only seventy pee a roll it might take two rolls but at least it 's , sort of , done . |
| 9 | If it just went in a straight line it would take fifteen minutes . |
| 10 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 11 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |